A new Fenton score CD at last. I've never heard of the film (and based on the cast assume it's awful) but if it's an adventure movie then it should give Fenton a chance to flex his muscles a bit.

FOOL'S GOLD
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music Composed by George Fenton

Matthew McConaughey
Kate Hudson

Part romantic comedy, part action adventure, Foolâ€™s Gold stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, who had previously teamed on the romantic comedy hit How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Ben â€œFinnâ€ Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queenâ€™s Dowry â€” 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, â€œBooty Calls.â€ Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasureâ€™s whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigelâ€™s yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tessâ€™ better judgment, the search rekindles her loveâ€¦of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finnâ€™s mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize.

I've never really been a fan of Fenton (well apart the brilliant PLANET EARTH of course) 'cause none of his works i heard so far (again, with the above exception) did anything for me; let's see if this changes anything.

If you want to try some REALLY good Fenton scores with more action and tension than your used to (Fenton is of course best known for his romantic scores), you HAVE to find a copy of Final Analysis. It was a fantastic score which was somewhat overshadowed by Basic Instinct when it came out... also Hero has its moments and a really breathtaking long-ish plain crash cue.

Fenton is great for at least one instantly memorable and heartbreakingly beautiful theme per score. My favs are Dangerious Beauty-"The Verdict/End Titles" track contains a few of the most beautiful themes I've ever heard. My second favorite Fenton score is Memphis Belle. While, I don't like the integration of Danny Boy into the score his original themes are stunning. "The Final Mission" track is freakin' incredible! The themes towards the end of that track soar to angelic proportions that I almost faint. The track is almost out of control with awesomeness! Everyone should have these two scores.

Southall wrote
Part romantic comedy, part action adventure, Foolâ€™s Gold stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, who had previously teamed on the romantic comedy hit How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Ben â€œFinnâ€ Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queenâ€™s Dowry â€” 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, â€œBooty Calls.â€ Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasureâ€™s whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigelâ€™s yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tessâ€™ better judgment, the search rekindles her loveâ€¦of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finnâ€™s mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize.

Anyone notice how VarÃ¨se Sarabande now completely omits any description of the music on their forthcoming albums? Not that what they had before was very useful ("the epic score was written by blah-blah"), but these new announcements are really odd. They're in the business of selling music, not films - or?

There's a nice middleground in there where you try to honestly describe your product. Real estate agents find something to say about every house they have to sell without calling them all 'mansions' / 'the chance of a lifetime'.

franz_conrad wrote
There's a nice middleground in there where you try to honestly describe your product. Real estate agents find something to say about every house they have to sell without calling them all 'mansions' / 'the chance of a lifetime'.

I suspect there's a fair chance that a lot of that blurb is written before the music has even been recorded, so you'd only end up with the generic PR-speak.

franz_conrad wrote
There's a nice middleground in there where you try to honestly describe your product. Real estate agents find something to say about every house they have to sell without calling them all 'mansions' / 'the chance of a lifetime'.

Totally agree. Varese could do the same without copying and pasting the same standard 5-6 sentences they have for all the scores they release.

Exactly what i mean. And since varese is one of the major labels out there, they should REALLY consider changing this bit 'cause it's a huge downpoint if you ask me, having everyone quoting your "descriptions" around and laughing their asses off on your publicity stunts and then go on and removing them completely. Get a bit real and professional is what i say, it's the little details that make the real difference.

Format: CD Discs: 1
The score for Foolâ€™s Gold is an exotic and romantic adventure by George Fenton, composer of the scores for the enormously popular and acclaimed Discovery Channel documentaries Planet Earth and The Blue Planet as well as such diverse films as Youâ€™ve Got Mail, Hitch, Groundhog Day and Memphis Belle.

they've been doing it some while now, especially with the Club releases! It seems now they are doing it with the new releases as well!

Ps, anybody noticed they don't include anymore a written down statement of the score itself? It seems they finally realised that their too positive and epic scale words often don't mesh well with the fan's impressions after they hear it

Hehe, yep, I noticed the lack of written descriptions as well! A shame, actually, since while they were ridiculous, they did give some notion of how the score would be like. And the samples by the scores aren't all that new at all; they used to do it a lot more with also the regular releases! Then they disappeared all of a sudden... and now they're back again! Or, at least, for this score... Maybe in the future they will compensate for the lack of the written description?